{"id":178838,"date":"2026-03-10T18:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178838\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:56:43","slug":"skier-raman-svirydzienka-opens-belarus-medal-count-at-2026-paralympics-with-sprint-gold","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178838\/","title":{"rendered":"Skier Raman Svirydzienka opens Belarus\u2019 medal count at 2026 Paralympics with sprint gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Raman Svirydzienka (Raman Svirydzenka) won Belarus\u2019 first medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Italy, coming first in Para-cross-country skiing men&#8217;s classic standing sprint on March 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sebastian Marburger of Germany and Benjamin Daviet of France took silver and bronze, respectively, according to the organizer\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With one gold medal, Belarus is currently 16th among 23 nations competing in the Paralympic Games, which kicked off on March 6. The team consists of Raman Svirydzienka and three other cross-country skiers, namely, Valancina Biry\u0142a, Lidzija \u0141oban and Darja Fiad\u017akovi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus and Russia did not participate in the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing as Moscow launched a full-scale war on Ukraine with Minsk\u2019s support earlier that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight Belarusian swimmers were allowed to compete as neutrals in the Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2025, the International Paralympic Committee&#8217;s members voted not to maintain the partial suspensions of the National Paralympic Committees (NPC) of Belarus and Russia, introduced in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a month later, the IPC said Belarusian and Russian athletes would not be able to participate in the 2026 Paralympic Games, citing responses from international federations responsible for the qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus appealed the ban on qualifiers at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that ruled that Belarusian and Russian neutral athletes may participate in qualification events. The court in Lausanne overturned the International Ski and Snowboard Federation\u2019s (FIS) previous ban on athletes from the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 10, Pozirk. Raman Svirydzienka (Raman Svirydzenka) won Belarus\u2019 first medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Italy, coming first in Para-cross-country skiing men&#8217;s classic standing sprint on March 10. Sebastian Marburger of Germany and Benjamin Daviet of France took silver and bronze, respectively, according to the organizer\u2019s website. With one gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[13,32],"class_list":["post-178838","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skier Raman Svirydzienka opens Belarus\u2019 medal count at 2026 Paralympics with sprint gold | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 10, Pozirk. 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